| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus gelidus Kar. & Kir. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 133 (1842) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to nw. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | basal leaves thinly petiolate, blade 1-2cm, cordate or reniform, trilobate to palmatisect, sepals 5, patent to reflexed, deciduous, petals shortly incised |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Synonyms | Oxygraphis gelidus (Kar. & Kir.) O.Schwarz Ranunculus gelidus var. tibetanus Tolm. & Jurtzev Ranunculus glacialis var. gelidus (Kar. & Kir.) Finet & Gagnep. Ranunculus karelinii Czerep. Ranunculus tibetanus (Tolm. & Jurtzev) Borodina |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |